Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Escape from your old life or from life in general?
Leave the World Behind
What you need to know before your trail
Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a holiday: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken. Ruth and G. H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden power outage has swept the city, and – with nowhere else to turn – they have come to the country in search of shelter.
But with the TV and internet down, and no phone service, the facts are unknowable. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple – and vice versa? What has happened back in New York? Is the holiday home, isolated from civilisation, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another?
Travel Guide
BookTrail it to a holiday on Long Island
In the novel, they find their holiday home in the Hamptons on Air BnB and is described as ‘The Ultimate Escape.’
“Step into our beautiful house and leave the world behind”
Imagine if you do and then rent a house in a gorgeous settings only to have the house’s real owners show up and claim that they need shelter. The city has locked down, the internet has gone off and they need shelter. You let them in….but you really shouldn’t have.
A setting of darkness, dystopian landscape almost, people locked in their houses…sound familiar?
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Leave the World Behind
Destination/location: Long Island Author/guide: Rumaan Alam Departure Time: 2000s
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